General Sherman
General Grant
General Sherman was born in 1820
in Lanchester, Ohio. He went to West
Point College and became general of
Union troops. He fought in the Mexican
War, served as colonel in the first battle of
Bull Run and won. He was the leading
general of Union troops along with Grant.
When he heard that the enemy was in
Kentucky, he said that if he had 60,000
men, he would drive the enemy out of
Kentucky, and if he had 200,000 men, he
would win the war right there in
General Grant was born in 1822.
When the Civil War broke out, he was
working in his father`s leather store in
Galena, Illinois. Grant went to West
Point College, and fought in the Mexican
War as 2nd lieutenant. When he
became a general for the Union, he
captured Fort Henry and attacked Fort
Donelson in 1862. In the Battle of
Shiloh, he fought with General Sherman
and they won. Along with General
Sherman, they both fought to capture
Vicksburg Mississippi, and they broke
the Confederacy in two. All of the
Southerners called Grant “The Butcher”.
Grant drank when he was bored or
lonely, and he was drunk a lot. His
famous phrase was, “When in doubt,
fight”. He met the girl of his life, Julia
Dent, and they got married on August
22, 1848. They had three sons and one
daughter. In March of 1864, he
assumed command of all Federal
Kentucky.
From NovemberDecember he led his famous “March to
Sea”. This was when he led his troops
through Georgia covering 60 miles of
destruction by burning cities to the
ground. He practically burned Atlanta,
Georgia to the ground. He fought for
Grant in the battle of Shiloh, and helped
Grant capture Vicksburg, Mississippi. He
attacked Bragg`s Army in the battle of
Chattanooga. After the war, everyone
wanted Sherman to run for president, but
he said,”I will not serve if elected, and I will
not accept if chosen.” General William
Tecumseh Sherman died of pneumonia
and a stroke in 1883.
Armies. He defeated Lee`s
Army in the Battle of Cold Harbor in
Virginia. After the war, Grant became
president.
General McLellan
General McLellan was born on
December 3, 1826, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He went to West Point
College as did Sherman and Grant
also. He also fought in the Mexican
War too. McLellan ran against Lincoln
in the presidential race, but obviously
he lost with 12 votes and Lincoln got
212 votes. When Lincoln became
president, he put McLellan in charge of
the Army called the Potamac, or the
“Little Mac”. With his troops in 1862, he
led them to Richmond, Virginia, but
failed to do so. Even though McLellan
had more men than Lee, he did not
succeed to win many battles because
he wasn`t quick enough. He stopped
Lee`s Army in the Battle of Antietam.
Lincoln replaced McLellan in 18
because he did not follow the retreating
troops from the battle. He died on
October 29,1885.